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Kobo e-readers are coming to Portugal, starting from $129

Kobo e-readers are coming to Portugal, the digital publishing and hardware company announced today. This is the result of a partnership with the local subsidiary of French culture retail chain Fnac, which will sell them in its stores and on its website, www.fnac.pt.

Kobo and Fnac already have a similar agreement in place for the French market. In Portugal, the starting price for the e-readers will be €99.90, around $129 USD.

In addition to its e-readers, Kobo will also launch its digital bookstore, which boasts “thousands” of titles in Portuguese, such as José Saramago’s ‘Memorial do Convento’ and João Ricardo Pedro’s ‘O Teu Rosto Será o Último.’

A few days ago, the Rakuten-owned company announced that its devices would go on sale in independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland thanks to a new partnership with the Booksellers Association. Earlier this year, it partnered with Livraria Cultura to expand into Brazil.